shuō bu de

说 不 得

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v.can’t be said
- zhè shì zhòng yào de mì mì duì rèn hé rén dōu shuō bu de
  这是重要的秘密，对任何人都说不得。
  This is an important secret that cannot be told to anyone.
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v.not bear repeating; be unmentionable; be unspeakable
- zhè huà tài nán tīng le shuō bu de
  这话太难听了，说不得！
  This is too unpleasant to say!
- qíng kuàng zāo gāo de zhēn shi shuō bu de
  情况糟糕得真是说不得。
  The situation is so awful that it does not bear repeating.
3
v.not know where to start; have no way of speaking
- tā jiā li de máo dùn shuō bu de
  她家里的矛盾说不得。
  Her family affairs are so conflicted it is difficult to know where to start.
4
v.infmlhave nothing to say; so be it
- shuō bu de zhǐ hǎo wǒ qīn zì zǒu yī tàng
  说不得，只好我亲自走一趟。
  There's nothing I can say, I just have to go there personally.

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